Archive for December, 2010
Low-dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer
12 Comments Published by Vijay December 16th, 2010 in CT, Health Economics, Healthcare, Medical Research, Medicine, News, Radiology, Radiology Journals…
From the transcript of a video by Dr. Mark G. Kris, MD, Chief, Thoracic Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, published in MedscapeRadiology [Registration required. Free] speaking on the recent announcement by the National Cancer Institute about the release of data from the National Lung Screening Trial [Abstract & link below].
…we have never had a screening [...]
News: MRI scans live birth
7 Comments Published by Vijay December 12th, 2010 in Healthcare, MRI, Medical Research, Medicine, News, Radiology…
H/T this retweet by my friend Ramona.
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From the The Local:
Berlin’s Charité Hospital has achieved a world-first by creating MRI images of a baby being born in order to provide extraordinary insights into the birthing process. A team comprised of obstetricians, radiologists and engineers have built an “open” MRI scanner that allows a mother-to-be to fit [...]
